Planktosphaeria botryoides Herndon 1958

Publication Details
Planktosphaeria botryoides Herndon 1958: 320, figs 90-118

Published in: Herndon, W. (1958). Some new species of chlorococcacean algae. American Journal of Botany 45(4): 308-323, 118 figs. [in English]

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Publication date: April

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Planktosphaeria is Planktosphaeria gelatinosa G.M.Smith.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Herndonia botryoides (Herndon) Shin Watanabe.

Source of Synonymy
Watanabe, S. (2020). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Planktosphaeria, Follicularia and Herndonia gen. nov. (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae) base on ultrastructure and 18S rDNA analyses. Phycologia 59(5): 397-408.

Type Information
Type locality: Jamaica, near Morsay; (INA 1996) Type: figs 90-118 = iconotype fide J. Komárek, 1989: 268: W. Herndon WH5-J; xii.1949; soil sample from stream bank; (INA 1996)

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 December 2024

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